Climate averages 1991–2020
Xihe weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Xihe: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suizhou (10 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Xihe, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xihe ranks joint 291st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 344th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xihe is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 149 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Xihe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 28 | 5.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 37 | 6.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.1°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 57 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 94 | 8.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 126 | 10.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 180 | 10.9 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 227 | 15.1 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 149 | 13.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 81 | 8.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 47 | 6.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 21 | 4.3 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Suizhou in AugustChina · 10 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Guangshui in AugustChina · 51 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Anlu in AugustChina · 52 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 138 mm rain
- Xinyang in AugustChina · 75 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Xinshi in AugustChina · 77 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 140 mm rain
- Chengzhong in AugustChina · 83 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Zaoyang in AugustChina · 83 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 163 mm rain
- Xiaogan in AugustChina · 95 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 138 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Xihe) is explained once on the Xihe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.